Definition of "crabbily" []

• In a crabby manner. (adverb)

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• "'You call this a seafood platter?' said Melissa crabbily."
• "And when Mr. Clark showed up, reeking of cigarettes and crabbily asking, “You do realize your seats are inside the classroom, right?”"
• "I was even more crestfallen when her friend a UU but not, thank God, in my congregation crabbily intoned from across the retirement-home-dining-hall table: "It is a youthful gesture.""